Obviousness Finding Upheld, But Federal Circuit Won’t Review Noninstituted Claims

Mealey's (June 8, 2018, 11:01 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a June 7 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected assertions by a patent owner that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board erred in finding a motivation to combine two prior art references in a dispute over a marine seismic surveying patent (PGS Geophysical AS v. Andrei Iancu, Nos. 2016-2470, -2472, -2474, Fed. Cir.)....